Morgan Woodward
American actor (1925-2019) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 93
Thomas Morgan Woodward was an American actor who is best known for his recurring role as Marvin "Punk" Anderson on the television soap opera Dallas and for his portrayal of Boss Godfrey, the sunglasses-wearing "man with no eyes", in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. On TV, he was a familiar guest star on cowboy shows.
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MillenniumSeries, Iron Lung Man1992
RenegadeSeries, Dad Meechum
Gunsmoke: To the Last ManFilm, 1992Sheriff Abel Rose1986
MatlockSeries, Zack Tannenbaum1983
The A-TeamSeries, Bus Carter1981
Hill Street BluesSeries, John Renko1980
Battle Beyond the StarsFilm, Cayman1979
A Last Cry for HelpFilm, Mr. Burgess1978
DallasSeries, Punk Anderson1977
Deadly GameFilm, General Olson1976
A Small Town in TexasFilm, C.J. Crane1975
Starsky & HutchSeries, Clay Zachary1974
Ride in a Pink CarFilm, Jeff Richman1971
YumaFilm, Arch King1970
The Wild CountryFilm, Ab Cross1968
FirecreekFilm, Willard1966
Star TrekSeries, Dr. Simon van Gelder
GunpointFilm, 1966Drago Leon1965
The Sword of Ali BabaFilm, Captain of Guard1963
The Gun HawkFilm, Deputy 'Mitch' Mitchell1962
The Lucy ShowSeries, Pierce1958
Ride a Crooked TrailFilm, Durgan (uncredited)1957
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries1956
Westward Ho, The Wagons!Film, Obie Foster1925Born16 September 1925People around Morgan
Close ties
Walt Disney Produced The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)- Jack Starrett Directed A Small Town in Texas (1977)
Earl Bellamy Directed Gunpoint and Speedtrap
Robert Totten Directed Death of a Gunfighter (1970)
John Saxon Also in Death of a Gunfighter (1970)
Bruce Glover Also in Yuma and One Little Indian
Dub Taylor Also in Death of a Gunfighter (1970)
Vincent McEveety Directed Firecreek (1968)
Mills Watson Also in The Wild Country and The Midnight Man- Francis D. Lyon Directed The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
Audie Murphy Also in Ride a Crooked Trail and Gunpoint
Joe Don Baker Also in Cool Hand Luke and Speedtrap
Len Lesser Also in Moonshine County Express and Supervan
Richard Davalos Also in Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Jacqueline Scott Also in Firecreek and Death of a Gunfighter
Paul Smith Wrote The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)- Winston Hibler Produced One Little Indian (1974)
- Bill Walsh Produced Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)
Jesse Hibbs Directed Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
Ron W. Miller Produced The Wild Country (1970)- Stuart Cornfeld Produced Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
- Logan Ramsey Also in The Last Day (1975)
- William Bramley Also in Gunpoint and The Last Day
- Marc Cavell Also in Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Known for
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Cool Hand Luke 1967
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976
Firecreek 1968
Girls Just Want to Have Fun 1985
Battle Beyond the Stars 1980
Filmography 34
128 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
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About this person
On the long-running Western Gunsmoke, he played 16 different characters in 19 episodes, most appearances of any actor on the show. He also had a recurring role on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
